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He jammed their leftovers into the bag. “I don’t see how that’s fair.”
She curled her fingers into the overlong sleeves. “Mine now.”
His eyebrow rose. The stone face was back, but his green eyes were lit with humor. “I’ll remember that, Kendall.”
Disappointed thatSunshineseemed to have been a slip, she took the bag from him. It was definitely time to get moving before she got in over her head any more today. “Go ahead and throw the sleeping bag in the truck. I want to take a few pictures with my phone.”
“Sure.”
She dug out her cell and framed in the view from their blanket. No matter what came next, she had today and a slice of perfection. She turned and caught him doing the same thing. She stepped out of the way. “Oh, sorry.”
“I’m not.”
She followed him back to the truck but couldn’t wipe away the smile. He loaded up their gear and climbed in with a new shirt on. It was a simple dark blue with long sleeves that accentuated the breadth of his chest and ropy muscles of his arms. The man was more dangerous now that she knew what everything looked like under his clothes.
“So where are we headed?” Kendall asked.
“You’ll see. But first we’ll stop at that little shop I saw when we drove in.”
“Good thing, because someone stole my sandwich.”
His lips twitched. “It was a good sandwich.”
She buckled her seat belt and looked down at her phone. The picture didn’t quite do the view justice, but it was damn close. She stuffed it into her bag and reached for her brochures.
They were quiet, but it wasn’t an uncomfortable silence. She wasn’t sure what was going on in his head, but it felt like they’d left some of the tension between them on the pretty vista.
They drove out to the main road and took advantage of one of the tourist traps that dotted the area. She snagged a few postcards for her mother and a fistful of candy. Shane—surprise, surprise—had bottles of water and power bars on the counter. He only lifted an eyebrow when she dumped the array of junk food into the mix. She held on to the postcards. As the older man rang them up, Shane plucked the postcards out of her hand.
“I can pay for those.”
“What did I tell you?”
She rolled her eyes. “I’m assuming that doesn’t cover souvenirs for my mom.”
He didn’t say anything, just thanked the man and gathered their bags. Well, good to see some things wouldn’t change even if they were adding sex to the road trip. She went around to her side of the truck and again was surprised when he opened the door before she could.
“You’re going to spoil me.”
He put the bags in the back and smacked her on the ass. “Get in.”
“Ah, that’s more like it.”
They got back on the road. “So, driver, what am I putting in the GPS?”
“Nothing. I know where we’re going.”
She crossed her arms over her chest. “Really? You know how to get to New York from here?”
“Go east.”
“Ass.”
He grinned. “Just relax. I’ll get you there, Kendall.”
Instead of worrying about it, she enjoyed the scenery. The tree lines grew more dense, the sunlight filtering through with a bleed of red and orange. The horizon was a fiery mix of perfection and cliffs and trees and water. And finally the road narrowed, and the cliffs proved just how small Shane’s impressive truck really was. They closed in, the shale color marbled with minerals and bleaching from time and the sun. The temperature dropped, and she was suddenly glad she’d stolen his thermal.
“Are you sure you know where you’re going?”
